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| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 33499 | Elected |
| Conservative | 22832 | |
| Liberal | 17794 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 32298 | Elected |
| Conservative | 21747 | |
| Liberal | 12816 | |
| Independent Labour | 599 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 37919 | Elected |
| Labour | 32739 | |
| Liberal | 9280 | |
| National Front | 880 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 17516 | Elected |
| Labour | 16137 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 11634 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21858 | Elected |
| Labour | 19209 | |
| Liberal | 9139 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24159 | Elected |
| Labour | 22679 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6963 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29646 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16366 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4608 | |
| Referendum Party | 2462 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21551 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13813 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3691 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1397 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 423 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18720 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15578 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4473 | |
| British National Party | 2055 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1143 | |
| Green | 662 | |
| English Democrats | 510 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Basildon Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753792/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 28th July 2026